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Built by the Normans from 1176, the castle was well wrecked by the 16th century. In 1581 the lands were awarded to Edmund Spenser for his flattering depiction of Elizabeth I as "The Faerie Queen". He never lived here, but in the following years the castle was rebuilt to the original four-towered floor plan. It now hosts the County Wexford Folk Museum.
Enniscorthy Castle is situated in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland. Construction on the castle commenced in the late 1190s and was first occupied by its Norman owners in 1203 A.D. on the site of a previous wooden castle they had erected some years earlier. It was built by Philip De Prendergast.
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Interactive museum shows the 1798 rising of the United Irishmen, and especially their last stand on Vinegar Hill across the river. Some visitors find the displays difficult to read.
Father John Murphy (1753-1798) was a middling sort of country priest until the Wexford rebellion of 1798, when he revealed an unexpected talent as a military leader. He was among those who escaped from Vinegar Hill. His group spent several days trying to rally support around Kilkenny and Carlow, while dodging loyalist troops, but he was captured on 2 July, tortured and put to death. This volunteer-run museum depicts his life and times, in a rebuild of his cottage.
Victorian Tudor-Gothic mansion built in 1830 by Daniel Robertson, who also built Powerscourt, Kilruddery and Johnstown Castle. Visit by guided tour then stroll the extensive grounds.